I do a lot of demos in Expression Blend and generally whiz right through creating some visuals like the one below. Yeah, not overly impressive (my drawing skills that is), but nonetheless the tips I use to create these type of visuals don’t seem to be picked up by a lot of folks yet. I decided to put a few blog posts together in the online version of VS Magazine in my new column Papa’s Perspective … more
OK, so maybe not “dating” Twitter, but at least using it and getting some bang for your buck. Tools change. For a while it was training classes and books, then it evolved into “googling” for answers, blogs became really important, and then came Twitter. Something else will surely follow, but for the “right now”, Twitter is an immensely helpful tool when used wisely. This week I wrote 5 tips … more
A lot changed in 2011 … in fact you could say it was the beginning of what I think is a massive shift in technology on multiple levels. This week in Visual Studio Magazine I open a mini series of some of the changes that made a big impact in 2011. Check it out.
http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2012/01/20/3-impacts-from-2011-and-what-they-mean-moving-forward-part-1.aspx more
For years when developers heard the term “data source control” it sent shivers down spines. It often referred to some tightly coupled object that managed binding the source data to the target controls and took you about 80% of the way t your goal. But it also often left you at the middle of the desert heat with nothing but a pair of sunglasses and a and a long way to go by foot to your destination … more
I’m back! It’s been 2.5 years since I handed the reigns of my Data Points column in MSDN Magazine over to Julie Lerman (who has done a masterful job with it) when I went to work for Microsoft. Now that I am back on my own I decided to rekindle my old flame and begin a new column dedicated to client side technologies. I’m happy to announce that this month the first article in my new column Client … more
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